New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-10-06

BITS OF Talk ON MANY TOPICS
Ex-senator Warner Miller has cheerful and good
naturod look he sauners about tho corridors Of the
Fifth Avenue Hotel with his hands in his pockets
country paper published at Clyde contained recent
~ an alleged interview with Senator Miller In which
he represented as intimating that his friends
would not support the Republican State ticket. In
the most emphatic terms Senator Miller recently de
MED the authenticity and correctness OF this report
He declared In fact that he never used the language
ascrbed to him I'm any ones presence, much less In
the hearing OF a newspaper man.
The canes OF the dudes to take wondrous
forms this fall Ed Knox, who went over to Lon
don this summer, told something about It the other
day The stick itself Is nothing. 1t may be bamboo,
rattan or witch-hazeL But the head is the thing
The real English fashion Ia to have tho head so large
and odd that else can have anything like 1t.
These heads of carved and stained ivory or silver
Representations OF crocodes' heads, elephants heads
turbaned Turks swarthy negroes dogs horses, birds
and rabbits arc all brought into use. One cane made
In london for special NewYork order Is the head OF
member Of the Old Guard, with his bear skin cap
II H. of silver. Another is globe with map OF inc
world and stu another Is cigarette and match box
combined Among horsemen the fashionable fancy Is
to haze hollow stick like a sword cane. from which
may bo drawn for the height Of horses. Tho
ugly face of Mephistopheles ia utilized cane orna-
carry ivory busts of Queen Victoria since the Jubilee
The cost of such canes Is $25 to 80
There 900 stockholders In tho American
Electric Manufacturing COMPANY, each one Of whom has
recently received confidential and important CIR
cuar announcing that extra dividend OF ten per cent
payable in stock will be declared in few days. when
the regular quarterly dividend Is paid from earnings
Only holders OF muples thereof will get
this extra Issue, nothing going for fractional parts OIL
for sale Consequently stockholders who wish to even
up their shares so AS to take fnll advantage vi '0
extra dividend will have to buy OF each otner.
David T. Litter, OF tho Pacific Railroad investigating
Commission, goes into Western white heat OF anger
whenever mention Is made to him OF the charge that
tho Railioad Commission has been winlng
and dining extravagantly at tho public expense Talk
ing about the matter recently he said: son our
Western trip tho only liquor that know anything
about was bottle Of whiskey that bought In Chicago
before / started and put In my satehe and pint mask
that was bought a long time atterward Inc Commits
sion bought liquors Oh wines, they smoked their
own cigars and they accepted no wines frOm any one
Whio ou the central Pacific road, where by the way
paid fare, two three Lunches were giNen
and California ser ed, the whole Of which
for all the lunches could not have cost above Slo
Tho Commission has Leen judciOus and caIelul III
expenditures that 1t will he aDle TO pay all ts ex
penses, including tho printing OF It's relom and ans
evidence taken, and then return handsome Dalanc,
into the treasury out OF the SlOo,oOO appropriately
foi It's purpose"
John Tod Of cleveland, tall robust man, with full
round cheeks and black chin whskers was walking
up Fhalc tho other day anked b. two equally rouho-
faced girls OF possibly th.tocn or fourteen, whose
checks were liho rosy piplins Thcy wero MI lou
twin daughters who had Just returned Tom Euopc
with their mother. The picture Of health was sc
conn Lotto that PEDESTRIANS stopped to follow the group
with ihe eyes thcy disappeared In the Hotel Bruins
wick, where they were staying. MI TOD Is ENGAGE
In tho iron business lie Is son VI noted "oFerno'
Of Ohio, David Tod who was enc VI the noaoie ngures
In tho history Of state at tho opening OF the var
man Of gleat force and strength OF Character "he
occ,,uied tho oubcrnatoral chair and was appointed
Minister to Brazil when he was scarcely forty year "
apc In TALKING with John TOD ABOUT MS Ia'hoi II,
nd. "Solo things that were accomplished by my
fsfher "a lawyer appear remarkable IN tits day ant
a.c am told that at one time he appeared peol,
Iuino adyese TO hl, client aud with sheer force OF
Will lower aud argument literally coerced the cour.
into reversing Judgment, TO the amazemeht ol
The entire ba, such a thing could scarcely be done
In this day OF newspapers, because even tue couIs
was I'm error would stand 10y IT. decision Tor rear Oh
the adverse criticism Of the press IN tho event Oh
change
A small firm set and wiry man Of perhaps foity'
with close cropped brown whiskes and shrewd eyes
who has been staying at the Filth Avenue Ho'ei, Is
George Crist, OF Dcs MoInes Iowa. Ills particular
mission In New-YOrk appears to be to boom senator
Allison for President. years ago Mr. Crtst was
a candidate for tho position OF sergeant-at Arms Of
,ho United states Senate, but failed to secure vote
for that position. senator Allison procured lor MIN
position In tho Interior Department, where he had
rowing commission examine Government and ahairs,
Whii" In the Southwest he heard OF gold mine IN
snnnra OF which he obtained possession IN company
Nth number Of fnepds, and recently sold his
interest for upward Of S6OO,OOo'
Co,cnci Charles S. Francis, Of The Troy Times"
with his wife was In New-York last week and saw
the Yacht race from the Guyandotte In the absence
OF his father, the Hon. John NJ. Francis, the veteran
editor and diplomat who is now at Carlsbad, Colonel
Francis has the management OF their paper ana THIS
was his first days recreation for the season he Is
n Nue looking athletic, robust man Of thr y-hve VINO
was a classinats at Cornell with Governor Foraker,
~ ohio Colonel Francis the Republicans OF MS
distrct are confident of victory this ill lt was fo
mery strong saiwart district, yet the Blaine schti-
ment fully holds It's own there.